Bulimus erubescens Pfeiffer, 1847

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Ablett, Jonathan D., 2014, Annotated type catalogue of the Bulimulidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Orthalicoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, ZooKeys 392, pp. 1-367 : 55

Bulimus erubescens Pfeiffer, 1847 Figs 25D , L21i

Bulimus erubescens Pfeiffer 1847: 112; Reeve 1848 [1848-1850]: pl. 57 fig. 381; Breure 1979: 118 (lectotype designation).

Drymaeus erubescens ; Pilsbry 1899: 9, pl. 13 fig. 89.

Type locality.

"Locality unknown".

Label.

”Jamaica”, added in a later handwriting on the front of the cardboard. M.C. label style I, V.

Dimensions.

"Long. 24, diam. 10 mill."; figured specimen herein H 24.2, D 9.74 W 6.3.

Type material.

NHMUK 1975562, lectotype; 1975563, paralectotype (Cuming coll.).

Remarks.

The lectotype corresponds to Pfeiffer’s original measurements and is figured in Reeve (1848 [1848-1850]). The locality is probably erroneous; the species is not listed in Rosenberg and Muratov (2005). This taxon is considered by Richardson (1995: 172) to be a synonym of Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) rufescens (J.E. Gray, 1825), described from Jamaica but with very poor diagnostic features. The locality of the latter taxon may also be in error; the type material of Bulimus rufescens Gray, 1825 has not been located and may be lost.

Current systematic position.

Bulimulidae , Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) (?) rufescens (J.E. Gray, 1825).

Figures

Figure 25. Drymaeus species. A Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) aurifluus (Pfeiffer, 1857), lectotype NHMUK 1975502 (H = 21.8) B Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) bugabensis (Martens, 1893), lectotype NHMUK 1901.6.22.958 (H = 26.3) C Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) dubius (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975519 (H = 27.1) D Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) (?) rufescens (J. E. Gray, 1825), lectotype of Bulimus erusbescens Pfeiffer, 1847 NHMUK 1975562 (H = 24.2) E Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) conicus da Costa, 1907, lectotype NHMUK 1907.11.21.32 (H = 17.5) F Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) granadensis (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype of Bulimus demotus Reeve, 1850 NHMUK 1975504 (H = 31.8) G Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) vexillum (Wood, 1828), lectotype of Bulimus keppelli Pfeiffer, 1853 NHMUK 1975538 (H = 33.2) H Drymaeus (Mesembrinus) attenuatus varicosus (Pfeiffer, 1853), lectotype NHMUK 1975466 (H = 35.5) I-K Drymaeus (Drymaeus) signifer (Pfeiffer, 1855), lectotype NHMUK 1975216 (H = 32.9). All enlarged.

Figure L 21. Labels. i Bulimus erubescens Pfeiffer, 1847 ii Bulinus eschariferus Sowerby I, 1833 iii Bulimus excoriatus Pfeiffer, 1855 iv Bulimus exornatus Reeve, 1849 v Drymaeus exoticus da Costa, 1901 vi Bulimulus (Drymaeus) expatriatus Preston, 1909 vii Bulimus fallax Pfeiffer, 1853.